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Well, Emily is in an odd situation. Her parents *do* love her and everything, so she isn't exactly living in fear all her life. She is a bit of a perfectionist and does tend to overachieve and stress herself, so she technically hurts herself. Her parents don't hurt her often, just when she fails up. In this case, failure is considered anything less than an A. Or when she gets in trouble with the campus police.
Otherwise, overachievers usually seem to learn how to appear less than overachieving. As you and Sam pointed out, they're as annoying as heck. So some tend to be a little reclusive and hide their emotions away. So they bottle them up and then explode later. 
Queen is a clue that she holds herself up in a regal way. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Well, Emily is in an odd situation. Her parents *do* love her and everything, so she isn't exactly living in fear all her life. She is a bit of a perfectionist and does tend to overachieve and stress herself, so she technically hurts herself. Her parents don't hurt her often, just when she fails up. |
Well, I didn't know this at all because I don't think it was mentioned in the story. Then again, I'm running a litttle low on energy, lol, so maybe it was?
My sister is an overachiever, so I know what you mean. She's been getting strieght A's since second grade and she's in college now. I only remember her gettin B's a few times and maybe the C on a very seldom occasion. The brains in the family skipped me, that's for sure. lmao.. 
Thanks for letting knew what you meant by a queen. I never heard that statement before. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| To be sure, I was trying to imitate your style in "Remember Lanie." |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:04 am Post subject: |
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Wow, that was awesome. You have a very interesting title--that's what made me want to read this story.
I hope that there are very few, if any, parents like that. It's one thing to want your child to succeed, but it's another to traumatize them into it. Anyway, I know exactly what you mean about people hiding how smart they are. Everyone is always suprised, at least somewhat, when I tell them I got a 35 on my ACT. The thing is, smart people are like shunned by the public. Why? Who knows. |
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wow,that WAS awesome. Very well-written and believable. In fact, it's kinda scary how believable it is...  I agree with bobo about the title.
Not all straight A people are reserved about their grades,though... I know several who think they're superior and flaunt their report cards and think that there's only one definition of "smart." I don't think good grades are neccasarily always an indication of intelligence. There are SO many kinds of smart; everyone's brains are just wired so differently and we all excel in some areas more than others. Schools (mine anyway)glorify acedemic smart-ness and pretty much ignore stuff like musical and artistic talent.
All I'm sayin is, think about how you use the term "smart" and how complex it is. Paernts, schools, and society in general is unfair to everyone, not just straight A students.
Ok. end of rant. |
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@ Bobo: There are actually quite a few parents like that. It's scary.
@ Rivergirl: A debate about linguistics! XD
I have to agree with you there. Smart means a bunch of things to a bunch of people. But, for all intents and purposes, the narrator defines Emily as smart, so... what can I do? |
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| I really loved this Snoink, Especially the power in your words. THings like "she was queen" really hit me hard, i dont know why, they just did. |
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